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pared by heating raw linseed oil, as defined above: Provided, Proviso, That if drier is used in said boiled linseed oil or boiled flaxseed oil, the same shall have been prepared by incorporating said drier with raw linseed oil, as defined above, at a temperature of not less than 225 deg. Fahrenheit, and furthermore contains not less than 96 per cent of linseed oil; and for the Boiled purpose of this act it shall also be deemed a violation thereof linseed oil. if said boiled linseed oil prepared either with or without drier does not conform to the following requirements: 1. Its Requirements. specific gravity at 60 deg. Fahrenheit must be not less than 0.935 and not greater than 0.945; 2. Its saponification value (Koettstorfer figure) must not be less than 186; 3. Its iodine number (Huebl's method) must be not less than 160; 4. Its acid value must not exceed 10; 5. The volatile matter expelled at 212 deg. Fahrenheit must not exceed one-half of one per cent; 6. No mineral oil shall be present and the amount of unsaponifiable matter as determined by standard methods shall not exceed 2.5 per cent; 7. The film left after flowing the oil over glass and allowing it to drain in a vertical or nearly vertical position must dry free from tackiness in not to exceed twenty hours, at a temperature of about 70 deg. Fahrenheit. Linseed oil or flaxseed oil which does not conform to the foregoing requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this act.

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SEC. 2. No person, firm or corporation, either by himself True name or another, shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in his on barrel, possession with intent to sell in this State any linseed oil or flaxseed oil, except under its true name, and unless each barrel, keg or can of such oil has plainly and durably painted, stamped, stenciled, labeled or marked thereon the true name of such oil in ordinary bold-faced capital letters, not less than five lines pica in size, together with the name and address of the manufacturer, jobber or dealer: Provided, That if Proviso, the contents of the package be less than twenty-five gallons, packages. the type shall not be less than two lines pica in size. Proof Possession, that any person, firm or corporation has or had possession of prima facie any oil or compound which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this act shall be prima facie evidence that the possession thereof is in violation of this act. SEC. 3. Linseed oil compounds or flaxseed oil compounds compounds. designed to take the place of raw or boiled linseed oil or raw or boiled flaxseed oil as defined in section one of this act, whether sold, offered or exposed for sale under invented proprietary names or titles or not, shall bear conspicuously upon the containing vessel, in capital letters not less than five lines pica in size, the word "Compound," followed immediately with the true distinctive names of the actual ingredients in the order of their greater Ingredients. preponderance, in the English language, in plain legible type of the same size, not less than two lines pica in size, in continuous list with no intervening matter of any kind, and shall

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also bear the name and address of the manufacturer, jobber or dealer. Any oil or compounds required to be branded by what deemed the provisions of this act and not complying with sections two and three shall be deemed to be misbranded within the meaning of this act.

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SEC. 4. It is hereby made a duty of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner to enforce the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. The State Dairy and Food Commissioner, his agents, assistants, inspectors, chemists or others appointed by him, shall have full rights of ingress and egress to the premises occupied by parties who manufacture, sell or deal in linseed oil or flaxseed oil, or linseed oil compounds or flaxseed oil compounds, and also shall have power and authority to open any tank, barrel, can or other vessel believed to contain such oil and inspect the contents thereof, and to take therefrom samples for analysis. In case any samples so taken shall prove on analysis to be adulterated or misbranded in violation of the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner to proceed against the offender as herein provided. No person shall obstruct commissioner. the State Dairy and Food Commissioner or any of his assistants, by refusing entrance to any place which he desires to enter in the discharge of his official duty as provided in this act, nor shall any person refuse to deliver to him a sample of oil when same is requested and when the value thereof is tendered.

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SEC. 6. Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any of the provisions of the foregoing act shall, for the first offense be punished by a fine in any sum not less than First offense. twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court; and for the second and each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both in the discretion of the court; or the fine above may be sued for and recovered before any justice of the peace or any court of competent jurisdiction, in the county where the offense shall have been committed, at the instance of the State Dairy and Food Commissioner or any other person in the name of the people of the State of Michigan as plaintiff and shall be recovered in an action of debt. SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

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Approved May 19, 1909.

[No. 111.]

AN ACT to amend section one of act number one hundred sixty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, as amended by act number twenty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to define the legal qualifications of kindergarten, music and drawing teachers in the State."

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section one of act number one hundred sixty- Section six of the public acts of nineteen hundred one, as amended amended. by act number twenty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred five, entitled "An act to define the legal qualifications of kindergarten, music and drawing teachers in the State," is hereby amended to read as follows:

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SEC. 1. Any person who is a graduate of any kindergarten Kindergarten training school, whose course of study is approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of this State, and who be granted. holds also a teacher's certificate or a diploma from a reputable college of the State or from a high school having a four years' high school course, may be granted a kindergarten certificate by said Superintendent of Public Instruction, and such person holding such certificate shall be considered a legally qual Pay ified kindergarten and first grade teacher; and any district authorized. board shall be authorized to pay such teacher for kindergarten and first grade instruction from the same fund, and in the same manner as other teachers are now paid. Approved May 19, 1909.

[No. 112.]

AN ACT to authorize the county commissioner of schools in each county to call a meeting of the school officers of the county.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Each county commissioner of schools in the Meeting of State of Michigan shall call a meeting of the school officers of county. of his county at least once in each year, said meeting to be held at the county seat or some other convenient place in the county for the purpose of consultation, advice and instruction upon matters pertaining to the management and welfare of the public schools of the county. The call for said meeting include.

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shall include every board of education in the county, whether rural or city.

SEC. 2. The director or secretary of each school board or board of education shall attend such meeting and the other Per diem and members of each board of education may attend. One member of the school board or board of education who attends such meeting shall be allowed and paid two dollars per day and actual traveling expenses going to and returning from said meeting, said sum to be paid from the general fund in the Certificate of treasury of the school district. The county commissioner of

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schools shall issue to each member in attendance a certificate of attendance which shall be filed with the director or secretary of the board, and when filed shall serve as a basis of evidence for drawing the order for compensation and expenses of one member of the board.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist the county commissioner of tion, duty of. schools in conducting said meeting of school officers, and he shall attend said meeting either in person or by representative.

Approved May 19, 1909.

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To inspect certain vessels.

[No. 113.]

AN ACT regulating steam vessels and vessels or boats oper ated by machinery, navigating the waters within the jurisdiction of this State, excepting vessels which are subject to inspection under the laws of the United States, and providing penalties for the violation hereof.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. The Commissioner of Labor shall be charged with the administration of the provisions of this act, shall employ an inspector who shall have had at least five years' experience as a licensed master or engineer on steam vessels navigating the Great Lakes or any of their tributary waters, and who shall be otherwise properly qualified to enable the Commissioner of Labor to carry said provisions into effect, and shall exercise supervision over him in the performance of his duties.

SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Labor shall annually or oftener if he has good cause to believe it reasonable, inspect or cause to be inspected every steam vessel or other vessel operated by machinery engaged in carrying passengers for hire, directly or indirectly, excepting vessels which are subject to inspection under the laws of the United States, ex

amine carefully her hull, boats and other equipment, examine her engine and boilers, ascertain how long it will be safe to use the same, determine the pressure of steam to be allowed and so regulate the fusible plugs, safety valves and steam cocks as to insure safety, and he may require such changes, repairs and improvements to be adopted and used as he may deem expedient for the contemplated route. He shall also Passengers. fix the number of passengers that may be transported. He shall also, whenever he deems it expedient, visit any vessel licensed under this act and examine into her condition for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any party thereon having a certificate from him has conformed to and obeyed the conditions of such certificate and the provisions of this act. The owner, master, pilot, captain or engineer of such owner, vessel shall answer all reasonable questions and shall give all captain, etc., the information in his or their power in regard to said vessel, questions. her machinery and the manner of managing the same. In case Fire, of damage by fire or by explosion, collision or stranding or etc, investiby means of an electrical apparatus, he may investigate the gation in case cause thereof, and if found by him to have been occasioned by a violation of any of the provisions of this act or of the orders, regulations and requirements issued by him, he shall so certify to the prosecuting attorney of the county where such violation occurred, together with the names of the persons guilty thereof and of the witnesses.

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SEC. 3. The Commissioner shall also test the boilers of all Boilers, steam vessels carrying passengers for hire before the same testing of. shall be used, and at least once in every year thereafter. In High pressure. subjecting to the hydrostatic test boilers called and usually known under the designation of high pressure boilers, the hydrostatic pressure applied must be in proportion of one hundred fifty pounds to the square inch to one hundred pounds to the square inch of the steam pressure allowed. In subjecting to the hydrostatic test that class of boilers Low pressure. usually designated and known as low pressure boilers, the Commissioner shall allow as the working power of each new boiler a pressure of only three-fourths the number of pounds to the square inch, to which it shall have been subjected by the hydrostatic test and found to be sufficient therefor; but should said Commissioner be of the opinion that such boiler by reason of its construction or material will not safely allow so high a working pressure he may, for reasons specifically stated in his certificate, fix the working pressure of such boiler at less than three-fourths of said test pressure; and no boiler Bad or pipe or any of the connections therewith shall be approved, which is made in whole or in part of bad material or is unsafe in its form or dangerous from defective workmanship, age, use or other cause. In addition to the hydrostatic test Hammer as herein provided, the Commissioner may cause a hammer test. test to be made and an internal examination of such boiler

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